Wire book rack



Feb. 21, 1967 V. C. SCHROEDER, JR

WIRE BOOK RACK Filed May 19, 1965 25p 23m @23% 5 21 *u w I @www Sdg Patented Feb. 21, 1967 3,305,099 WIRE BOOK RACK Victor C. Schroeder, Jr., Kalamazoo, Mich., assigner to Brunswick Corporation, a corporation of Delaware Filed May 19, 1965, Ser. No. 457,043 6 Claims. (Cl. 211-43) `This invention relates to a wire book rack for use on pedestal type seating or the like.

' It is an object of this invention to provide a unique wire book rack wherein the wire like components thereof cooperate together to form a simple, attractive and sturdy -means for supporting books or like objects under the seat of a pedestal type seating construction wherein the wire book rack is adjustably secured to the pedestal.

It is another object of this invention to provide a wire book rack for use on pedestal type seating wherein the book rack has an upright frame secured to said pedestal and a book supporting means extending away from the upright frame, the book supporting means comprising an integral part of a triangular truss therefor.

It is a further object of this invention to'provide such a wire book rack for pedestal type seating which includes an adjustable clamp for securing the book rack to a seat supporting pedestal whereby the rack can be vertically adjusted along the pedestal.

It is yet another object of this invention to provide such a wire book rack for pedestal type seatingr which includes means for laterally adjusting the book shelf transversely to the pedestal.

' It is still another object of this invention to provide a book rack for pedestal type seating and having a clamp to secure the rack to either side of the pedestal, the clamp being adjustable to move the rack vertically along the pedestal, and wherein the rack includes means in the connections between the clamp and the book rack whereby the rack may be shifted horizontally to various lateral positions in relation to the pedestal.

Other features and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:

FIG. 1 is a side elevation view of the wire book rack of this invention as clamped to a pedestal type seating unit;

FIG. 2 is an enlarged top section View taken generally along the line 2 2 of FIG. l and showing a top plan view of the book rack and clamping means of this invention:

FIG. 3 is an elevation view of one side of the wire book rack of this invention; and

FIG. 4 is an enlarged elevation view looking outwardly from the pedestal toward the wire book rack of this invention.

While an illustrative embodiment of the invention is shown in the drawings and will be described in detail herein, the invention is susceptible of embodiment in many diierent forms, and it should be understood that the present disclosure is to be considered as an exempliiication of the principles of the invention and is notintended to limit the invention to the embodiment illustrated. The scope of the invention will be pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to FIG. l, a seat is mounted by way of bracket 11 on top of a generally rectangular pedestal tube 12 which forms a base for the seat and can be attached to a oor or like structures by means of a pedestal base plate 13. This invention is comprised of a wire book rack shown generally as 14 which is mounted on the pedestal tube 12 by a clamp shown generally as 15.

The book rack of this invention is comprised of a plurality of wire like members secured together to form a sturdy and attractive book supporting means which is secured to the pedestal by the adjustable clamp 15. The book rack includes an upright generally designated 16 frame comprised of two generally horizontal members 17 and 18 of equal lengths spaced apart one above the other in a generally vertical plane and a plurality of equally spaced joining upright members 19a through 19d inclusive. Two outwardly extending arms 20 are secured to the extremities of the lower horizontal member 18 of the upright frame and extend upwardly to an outer level slightly higher than the upper horizontal member 17 of the upright frame. An outer generally horizontal member 21 joins the outer ends of the extending arms 20. A plurality of parallelV book supporting rods 23 are spaced inwardly of the extending arms 20 and extend between and are connected to the outer horizontal member 21 and the top horizontal member 17 of the upright frame. Thus the upright frame, arms 20 and rods 23 cooperate to form a pair of upright triangular trusses, the rods of which may support books or like objects placed thereon. By extending the arms 20 to an outer level slightly higher than the upper horizontal members 17 of the upright frame, the book supporting rods 23 slope inwardly toward the pedestal 12 to prevent books or other objects placed thereon from sliding outwardly away from the pedestal and falling to the Hoor or other supporting structure.

In the embodiment of the wire book rack shown in vthe drawings, the upper horizontal member 17 of the upright frame, the upright members 19a and 19d of the upright frame, the extending arms 20 and the outer horizontal member 21 are but portions of a continuous wire like structure which is reinforced by the lower horizontal member 18 of the upright frame and the book supporting rods 23. Since the upright members 19b and 19C are identical, and the book supporting rods 23 are identical, the embodiment shown is comprised of only four different wire like elements, namely, the lower horizontal bar 18 of the upright frame, the identical upright members 19b and 19C of the upright frame, the identical book supporting rods 23 and the continuous wire like structure described above. Not only does such a design facilitate a simple and easily constructed book rack, but such an endless continuous member as above described provides a sturdier structure as well as a more attractive wire book rack.

The clamp means 15 of this invention for attaching the wire book rack to the pedestal 12 is comprised of two similar L-shaped halves 24 and 25 which form the generally U-shaped clamp 15. The adjacent inner ends of the halves are provided with outwardly turned anges 24a and 25a which are joined by a clamping bolt fastener 26. Each of the halves termina-te at a free end at an inwardly hooked portion 24h and 25h respectively which are adapted to hook around any two adjacent spaced upright members 19a through 19d of the upright frame of the book rack.

The wire book rack 14 and clamp 15 cooperate together to comprise 4the vertically and horizontally adjustable wire book rack of this invention. The wire book rack is vertically adjustable by loosening the clamp bolt fastener 26 and sliding the clamp and attached rack Vertically on the pedestal to a desired position whereupon the clamp bolt is retightened to secure the clamp about the pedestal. The act of tightening bolt 26 serves to fasten the clamp to the pedestal and the book rack to the clamp. The upright frame is frictionally bound against the pedestal by the tightening of the clamp.

It can be seen that the clamp can be positioned in a similar manner on either side of the pedestal so that the wire book shelf can be positioned on either side therewith. Various clamps obviously may be employed for Various shaped pedestals wherein the book rack can beclamped at any desired radial direction away from the pedestal 12. In order to shift the book rack laterally along the pedestal,

the bolt is again loosened to separate the clamp halves 24 and ES to selectively secure the hook portions 2411 and 25h thereof about any two adjacent members 19a through 19d of the upright frame of the book rack. Obviously, any desired number of upright members can be spaced along the frame to provide additional lateral positions for the book rack.

Thus it can be seen that I have provided a unique book rack for pedestal type seating and a clamp means for vertically, adjustable securing the book rack to a pedestal or like structure. I have provided a wire book shelf having portions integral therewith for adjusting said book rack along the clamp laterally to the pedestal as well as a book rack comprising a minimum number of wire like structures joined together to form a study and attractive book supporting means.

I claim:

1. A book rack or the like, comprising: an upright frame including two generally horizontal members of equal length spaced apart in a generally vertical plane and a plurality of spaced joining upright members, two of said upright members joining adjacent ends of said horizontal members to form a generally rectangular upright frame, outwardly extending arms secured to the extremities of the lower portion of the upright frame, said arms extending upwardly to an outer level generally as high as the top of the upright frame, an outer generally horizontal member joining the outer ends ofsaid extending arms, and book supporting rods spaced inwardly of said outwardly extending arms and extending between and connected to said outer generally horizontal member and the top of the upright frame whereby the frame, arms and rods together form triangular truss means, the rods of which may support books or the like placed thereon, said upper horizontal member of the unright frame, said extreme upright members of the upright frame, said outwardly extending arms and said outer horizontal member taking the form of a continuous wire like structure reinforced by the bottom horizontal member of the upright frame and the book supporting rods.

2. A book rack for pedestal mounted seating or the like, comprising: an upright frame including spaced generally horizontal members and joining upright members; out wardly extending arms secured to the lower portion of the upright frame, said arms extending upwardly to an outer level generally as high as the top of the upright frame; an outer generally horizontal member secured to and supported by said outwardly extending arms; book supporting rods extending between and connected to said outer generally horizontal member and the top of the upright frame whereby the frame, arms and rods together form triangular truss means, the rods of which may support books or the like placed thereon; a seat supporting pedestal; and a clamp means secured to said upright frame to clamp said book rack t'o said pedestal. j

3. An adjustable book rack for pedestal mounted seating or the like, comprising: an upright frame including spaced generally horizontal members and joining upright members; outwardly extending arms secured -to the lower portion of the upright frame, said arms extending upwardly to an outer level generally as high as the top of the upright frame; an outer generally horizontal member secured to and supported by said outwardly extending arms; book supporting rods extending between and connected to said outer generally horizontal member and the top of the upright frame whereby the frame, arms and rodstogether form triangular truss means, the rods of which may support books or the like placed thereon; a seat supporting pedestal; and a clamp means for securingsaid upright frame to said pedestal, said clamp means being vertically adjustable along said pedestal.

4. The book rack of claim 3 wherein said clamp takes the form of two similar parts surrounding said pedestal, each par-t having one end secured to said upright frame, and a fastener joining the outer ends of said similar parts so that said similar parts may be expanded away from said pedestal to vertically adjust said book rack along said pedestal.

5. A book rack for pedestal mounted seating or the like, comprising: an upright frame including two generally horizontal members of equal length spaced' apart in a generally vertical plane and a plurality of spaced joining upright members, two of said upright members joining adjacent ends of said horizontal members to form a generally rectangular upright frame; outwardly extending arms secured to the extremities of the lower portion ofthe upright frame, said arms extending upwardly to an. outer level generally as high as the top of the upright frame; an outer generally horizontal member joining the outer ends of said extending arms; book supporting rods spaced inwardly of said outwardly extending arms and extending between and connected to said outer generally horizontal member and the ltop of the upright frame whereby the frame, arms and rods together form triangular truss means, the rods of which may support books or the like placed thereon; a seat supporting pedestal; and a clamp means secured to the spaced upright members of the upright frame to clamp said book rack to said pedestal.

6. The adjustable book rack of claim 5 wherein said clamp means takes the form of two similar parts surrounding said pedestal, said similar parts terminating at one free end at an inwardly hooked portion around two of said spaced upright members of the upright frame, and a means joining the other end of said similar parts so that said parts can be expanded to adjust said bookv rack vertically along said pedestal.

References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS l,364,5(l9 l/192l Nielson 2l 1 90 1,730,793 lll/i929 Stebler 188--210 2,062,360 12/'1936 Goulooze S12-275 2,180,333 ll/ 1939 Boggia 22A-420.8 2,807,513 9/1957 Stein 2117-88 FOREIGN PATENTS 1,219,029 12./1959 France.

CLAUDE A. LE ROY, Primary Examiner.

W. D. LOULAN, Assistant Examiner. 

2. A BOOK RACK FOR PEDESTAL MOUNTED SEATING OR THE LIKE, COMPRISING: AN UPRIGHT FRAME INCLUDING SPACED GENERALLY HORIZONTAL MEMBERS AND JOINING UPRIGHT MEMBERS; OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ARMS SECURED TO THE LOWER PORTION OF THE UPRIGHT FRAME, SAID ARMS EXTENDING UPWARDLY TO AN OUTER LEVEL GENERALLY AS HIGH AS THE TOP OF THE UPRIGHT FRAME; AN OUTER GENERALLY HORIZONTAL MEMBER SECURED TO AND SUPPORTED BY SAID OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ARMS; BOOK SUPPORTING RODS EXTENDING BETWEEN AND CONNECTED TO SAID OUTER GENERALLY HORIZONTAL MEMBER AND THE TOP OF THE UPRIGHT FRAME WHEREBY THE FRAME, ARMS AND RODS TOGETHER FORM TRIANGULAR TRUSS MEANS, THE RODS OF WHICH MAY SUPPORT BOOKS OR THE LIKE PLACED THEREON; A SEAT SUPPORTING PEDESTAL; AND A CLAMP MEANS SECURED TO SAID UPRIGHT FRAME TO CLAMP SAID BOOK RACK TO SAID PEDESTAL. 